...but in 1985 you never could have told me Farrah Fawcett would have had a larger positive impact on humanity than Michael Jackson. I thought the moonwalk would change the world. I prefer to think of him as the ten-year old singing "I Want You Back". I suppose there was a lot of inappropriateness in his life.
And then, there was Farrah, whose greatest contribution seemed to be her hair, until she contracted cancer and was a gracious voice of awareness for the world. Life, and death, is strange.
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"Beat It, Billy Jean, and all of Thriller" are among my favorite songs and still serve as a link to my youth. Who knew he would evolve into such a scary weirdo?
SAD, on many levels.
I can honestly say I was never a fan, but as a child of the 80s his songs certainly take me back to places and times. I came to appreciate the Jackson 5 after experiencing John Eddie, but how his life turned out creeped me out too much to ever really enjoy any of his music.
I watched Charlie's Angels, but was a bit too young to truly love the show. She wasn't an icon for me then, but learning of her activism now, she's become one. I hope her story gets told after the dust settles.
We didn't have cable. I should be of the MTV generation, but I'm not. Neither is Rachel. There. It's been said. Nothing to do about it now.
I did have a Farrah Barbie doll, though. I was too young to really know who she was, but I have that pink dress tatooed on my memory. I also had a Charlie's Angels lunchbox. I have suspicions that it might have belonged to a sibling before me, but I have no proof of that.
Ornery as I am, I REFUSED to like Michael Jackson as a child. (I was probably wrong, but I stand by my decision to hate the New Kids on the Block for the exact same reason: I don't trust the masses.) Looking back, he made excellent music even if I was too young to figure it out then.
How much did either influence me? Slighly to none at all, but they both figured big im my elementary school career. I can't remember Kennedy School without them.
I can't even say in retrospect that he made excellent music. All his little hiccups and affectations just piss me off. Oh well.
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